New York Supreme Court March 15, 1849 (People v. Mayor of Brooklyn)

By the Court, Barculo, J.

The first objection made to the proceedings of the defendants is founded upon the 6th and 7th sections of article one of the new constitution ; which provide that private property shall not be taken, for public use, without just compensation; and that such compensation shall be ascertained by a jury, or by not less than three commissioners appointed by a court of record,